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Mike Friton is a freelance shoemaker, weaver, paper sculptor and innovator with over 30 years of experience at Nike. His innovations are responsible for many elements of athletic footwear that people wear today. Each of his crafts informs one another and he is constantly exploring […]
“It’s like taking a magical tree that has been cut down and killed, but it lives. It still lives, the pores of the wood are still shifting, and drying, and changing. It’s almost as though the tree has a chance to sing again, with the […]
Moiré is an enquiry into material and process. My interest lies in where craft processes lie in contemporary design. In this project I have subverted one of the oldest crafts in existence, the coiling of clay, by automating the process using an extruding machine. Once […]
the printing process of electronic functional materials, , Printed electronics can be used for multiple purposes – either for light design or touch sensors, for solar cells or battery technologies.
.a sneak peek inside a newly reopened Chrysler plant in Detroit where they are assembling the new Viper. Related article: http://nyti.ms/XVVlRf via Notcot
Shapeways opens up 3D printing to the masses, allowing us to design and share our ideas as well as realize them as physical objects.
nice tour inside Koenigsegg factory where they show their secrets about carbon fiber hand molded pieces.
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Pieces of wood, love, knowledge and 299 hours of work, condensed in a 3 minute film. The new episode from the series ‘The Art of Making’, titled ‘Alma Flamenca’, is available for you to enjoy. The ‘Art of Making’ series of films, aspires to display […]
The film follows the step-by-step manufacturing process for a pair of New Balance’s 577 Farmers’ Market shoes. Inspired by Farmers’ markets from around the UK, these limited edition shoes live up to their name and celebrate all that is British. New Balance is the only […]